Carol: Just to set your mind at ease, I went back again and personally, visually re-checked the US 1830 Census for New Castle, Rockingham, NH. I'm positive. The following *ARE* definitely listed: page 210, line 1 = Benjamin EMERSON line 2 = Joseph EMERSON line 17 = Christopher EMERSON page 211, line 20 = William EMERSON line 22 = Christopher EMERSON line 24 = Henry EMERSON line 25 = William EMERSON page 212, line 4 = Elizabeth EMERSON line 25 = Ephraim EHANSON (best reading--probably same surname) page 213, line 13 = Joseph AMAZEEN There is also a "Lydia AMAZEEN" listed in Portsmouth - page 145, line 22 The census taker was obviously going by what the surname "sounded like" to him, rather than worrying about "correct spelling" (standardized spelling is pretty much a modern convention anyway). The fact that there are no mutliple "EMERSON" families prior to this census, no "EMERSON" families listed in 1840, and a whole bunch of "AMAZEEN" families that otherwise are completely missing--I think we can safely assume that AMAZEEN is what is meant for the above entries. I find its always better to look at the original films yourself, when you are able, rather than rely on someone else's "transcript". ~ Carolyn Depp ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carol White" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2006 12:57 PM Subject: [NHROCKIN] Re: Children of Wm & Jane Jones (Amazeen) AMAZEEN & 1830 census > CArolyn > > Yes, those children you listed for William C. and Jane Jones Amazeen are > the same ones i have. > I don't have access to Ancestry and therefore can't see the census results > that you posted below, but I have seen a transcription of the New Castle > census for 1830 and the entry you have below was listed as Brown?, > William. Are you positive that it looks like Emerson/Amazeen? The person > doing the transcription was quite familiar with all the surnames in New > CAstle at that time and still thought the name was Brown. The > transcription did list a Joseph, Christopher and William Amazeen and an > Elizabeth Emerson. If what you say is right, then there were two William > Amazeen's in New CAstle in 1830. > > Carol > > > > CArol > > > >> >> I also postulate that there may also have been another son who died as a >> youngster, born between 1821 and 1825, based solely on the family's entry >> in the US 1830 Census, as follows: [NOTE: the Census taker wrote the >> surname as EMERSON for all of the AMAZEEN families he met in this census] >> >> US 1830 Census, New Castle, Rockingham Co, NH [Images Online @ >> Ancestry.com], p211, line 25 >> William EMERSON [sic], male, head of household, age 40-49 [ie: b. >> 1781-1790] >> 1 female, age 40-49 [ie: b. 1781-1790] = wife Jane >> 1 male, age 20-29 [ie: b. 1801-1810] = son Wm J. (1810) >> 3 males, age 15-19 [ie: b. 1811-1815] = sons Joseph >> (1811), Rufus (1813) & John (1815) >> 1 male, age 10-14 [ie: b. 1816-1820] = son Thomas O. >> (1820) >> 2 females, age 10-14 [ie: b. 1816-1820] = dau Mary >> (1817) & Clarissa (1818) >> *1 male, age 5-9 [ie: b. 1821-1825] = son? >> 2 females, age 5-9 [ie: b. 1821-1825] = dau Eliza >> (1822) & Nancy (1824) >> 1 male, age under 5 [ie: b. 1826-1830] = son Henry >> (1829) >> 1 female, age under 5 [ie: b. 1826-1830] = dau Adaline >> (1826) >> >> Of course this other youngster could have been another (visiting) >> relative or an enumeration error, but the other entries are so "in line" >> with what we know of the family, I hate to dismiss it outright. >> > > > > ==== NHROCKIN Mailing List ==== > Rockingham County, NH, GenWeb Archives, > [ http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/nh/rockingham/rockingh.htm ] > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > >